Japanese adjunct faculty position at Harper College in Palatine, IL

Part-time Japanese instructor

Responsibilities for Adjunct Instructors include conducting classes using appropriate instructional practices, maintaining records of attendance, evaluating student performance on assignments or lab activities, assigning mid-term grades, assigning final grades.

This part-time Japanese instructor would teach Japanese language courses, as assigned, including Beginning and Introductory Japanese.

Position Qualifications:

Master's degree in Japanese from a regionally accredited institution

Native or near-native fluency in Japanese.

College level teaching experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

 Experience with alternative delivery instructional modes in person and online.

Please see the following link for more information: https://fa-eneh-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/HarperCollege/job/230788/?utm_medium=jobshare&utm_source=External+Job+Share

Job Opportunity - Editor/Drafter - Legislative Reference Bureau, ILGA

Job Position: Resolution Editor/Drafter

Organization: Legislative Reference Bureau, Illinois General Assembly

Minimum starting salary: $45,000 per year

Where: Springfield, Illinois, USA (onsite only)

The Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) is a non-partisan legislative support services agency of the Illinois General Assembly with primary responsibility for providing assistance to General Assembly members in the preparation of bills, amendments, resolutions, and other legislative documents.

Persons who serve in editorial and drafting positions with the Resolution Team of the LRB predominantly focus on the preparation and review of resolutions, which may be congratulatory or memorial in nature or may address specific substantive concerns of General Assembly members. However, an Editor/Drafter also performs other duties, including providing proofreading and writing support for attorney groups as needed.

In addition to a strong working knowledge of grammar and punctuation and an interest in the writing process, an applicant must have the ability to work well with a wide variety of people and the maturity to fulfill the trust imposed by the legislature on the LRB, including the obligation to maintain client requests in complete confidence.

Office hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with extended hours when the General Assembly is in session.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree;

• Strong written and verbal communication skills;

• Ability to work responsibly with minimal supervision; and

• Availability to work overtime on evenings and weekends, as required.

Compensation:

• Minimum starting salary is $45,000 per year;

• Overtime or compensatory time, as authorized and earned;

• Health, dental, vision, prescription drug, behavioral health, and life insurance;

• Participation in State Employees’ Retirement System; and

• Competitive vacation, sick, and personal time.

Application Information:

To apply, please submit your resume and a cover letter highlighting pertinent writing and editing experience or skills to: LaurelW@ilga.gov

In your application email, please include your name in the subject line as follows: Surname, First name – LRB Editor/Drafter position

KCC-JEE Gottschalk Teacher of English Recruitment 2025

TESOL Kobe College Corporation-Japan Education Exchange (KCC-JEE) is now accepting applications for the following position from motivated English language teachers wishing to enrich their professional career at a high-ranking academic institution in Japan.

Job Title, School and Location

• Full-time Teacher of English as an Other Language with extra-curricular duties to high-achieving Japanese girls in grades 7 through 12

• Kobe College Junior and Senior High School, a comprehensive private school http://www.kobejogakuin-h.ed.jp/english/message.html

• Nishinomiya, Japan

Contract, Salary and Benefits

• Two-year contract, beginning April 1, 2026, with the possibility of extensions for up to a total of a five-year stay

• A salary of 4,691,200 yen per year plus subsidized furnished housing provided by the school, and Japanese language study

Qualifications Required

• Bachelor’s degree (with a major in English or Education preferred)

• Strong understanding of standard English (all skill areas) Preferred

• TESOL certification

• Teaching experience (especially large classrooms)

• Teaching Credential (any state)

Position Expectations

• Be flexible to either team-teach or solo teach

• Be able to write lesson plans

• Be able to create/modify a curriculum according to the students’ linguistic needs and interests by incorporating activities such as conversations, speeches, cultural discussions, debates, group projects, and presentations

• Fully participate with colleagues in extracurricular professional duties before and after designated class time

To Apply

• Visit Gottschalk Teachers at the KCC-JEE website https://www.kccjee.org/gottschalk-teachers-recruitment to obtain and submit application materials, and for information about an online information session

• Deadline for applications is July 13, 2025

• For questions, please check our FAQ site (https://www.kccjee.org/gottschalk-teachers-faq)